After being off-campus for most of 2020 and 2021, students, faculty, and staff slowly returned to in-person performances, art-making, and social gatherings during the fall 2021 semester. As the year progressed, a semblance of normalcy returned, and by April and May of 2022, CalArts buzzed with activity once again, with students creating work with fervor around every corner of campus and beyond.
View the photo gallery below for a small sampling of the artistry.
Click on each image for its description.
The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance performs during the annual CalArts Spring Dance at REDCAT. | Photo: CalArts
In the Futile Gestures course, dancers and animators collaborated on artwork focusing on movement of the human form. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
Among the most popular annual events is Drag Ball, organized by the CalArts Queer Artist Student Union. Students enjoyed musical performances by fellow CalArtians while celebrating the 2022 theme The Prom You Never Had. | Photo: CalArts
Lena Martin’s site-specific, living installation Going Up or Going Down examined liminality, playing on society's accepted rules for the elevator itself. The work was a collaborative effort between the music, dance, and art schools. | Photo: Christine N. Ziemba
Set and costume designers from the CalArts School of Theater put on a production in the Coffeehouse theater titled, ‘Apocalypse at the Rainforest Cafe.’
In February, the School of Theater presented Ōta Shōgo’s experimental play The Water Station (Mizu no Eki), directed by Héctor Alvarez. Pictured: Carter Prentiss, Brent Charles, Chacha Tahng, Hugh Lewis, Alice Tzu-chia Guo, and Henry Winship. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
The CalArts School of Theater put on 'The Great Gatsby,' a movement-centric stage play based upon F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name. Students on the cast list include: Harry Golby as Nick Carraway, Joe Groth as Tom Buchanan, Sawyer Shine Jay Gatsby, Faryn Thomure as Daisy Buchanan and Amelia Whitney as Jordan Baker. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
Students experiment with 16mm film equipment in School of Film/Video faculty John Hawk’s Film Production course, with the help of TA Nehemiah Stark. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
The CalArts School of Theater put on 'The Great Gatsby,' a movement-centric stage play based upon F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name. Students on the cast list include: Harry Golby as Nick Carraway, Joe Groth as Tom Buchanan, Sawyer Shine Jay Gatsby, Faryn Thomure as Daisy Buchanan and Amelia Whitney as Jordan Baker. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts put on a welcome back recital at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, featuring performances by faculty members. Students and their families were encouraged to attend. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
CalArts’ Halloween party made a belated (CalArts time!) in-person return on Nov. 19, 2021, with students donning elaborate costumes to celebrate All Hallows’ Eve with their classmates. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
Saliko Adams, former director of the Print Lab, left, assists a graphic design student during the lab's open hours. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
The Herb Alpert School of Music mounted ‘DADA DIN DIN DA DIN DIN’, a new opera inspired by the women artists of the Dada movement. An immersive and interactive experience, ‘DADA DIN DIN’ invited audiences to a Dada soirée with an open bar and intimate staging at the CalArts Wild Beast. Pictured here is Natalee Hapaniewski, an Acting student in the School of Theater. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
Galleries at CalArts returned to life this year, including 'Final_Final_Final' the Graphic Design Program Show. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
CalArts added new outdoor furniture around campus, including by the pool near Chouinard Hall. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
The Drag Ball returned on April 30 with the theme, ‘The Prom You Never Had.’ | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
Gatherings returned this spring, including the Drag Ball held in the Main Gallery on April 30 with the theme, ‘The Prom You Never Had.’ | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
Students and guests attended the 2022 Character Animation Open Show, held in the Lulu von Hagen Courtyard. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez.
Graduating School of Theater students (l-r) Nicolas Jordan, Olivia Michael, Fiona Rose Dyer, and Jamie Cayer. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
School of Film/Video faculty Charlotte Pryce instructs students in the Sublevel on experimental and scientific cinematic techniques in her course, Alchemical Cinema. | Photo: Rafael Hernandez
